Baling-press.



1. H. BEST.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1915.

1,155,543. Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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JOHN H. BEST, OF GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA.

BALING-PRESS.

Application filed April 9, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. Bnsr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Guthrie, in the county of Logan and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Baling-Press, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to baling presses, one of its objects being to provide a press box so mounted as to be capable of rotation when filled so that one or more tie wires can be wrapped therearound and fastened to complete the bale.

Another object is to provide simple means under the control of the operator for rotating the press box after a suificient amount of material has been packed therein.

A further object is to provide a novel form of tying mechanism brought into action automatically upon the completion of the wrapping of the bale.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which willappear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the baling press. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the twisting mechanism. Fig. -it is a longitudinal section therethrough on line AB Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the controlling gear of the tying mechanism and adjacent parts, portion of the tie being shown in position. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the revoluble press box and adjacent parts. Fig. 7 is an elevation of a portion of one side of the baling press. Fig. 8 is an elevation of a portion of the opposite side of the press. Fig. 9 is a detail view of one of the tie engaging arms.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the base of the machine, the same being provided with a stationary press box 2 provided with a feed opening 3 in the top thereof adapted to be supplied with material from a hopper t. Mounted for reciprocation within this sta- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 20,231.

tionary press box is a follower 5 to the back end of which is pivotally connected one end portion of an arcuate packing arm 6. This packing arm is formed with a longitudinal slot 7 through which extends a fixed guide pin 8. Thus when the follower 5 is drawn outwardly from the press box 2 the packing arm 6 is shifted downwardly into and through the opening 3 to feed material from the hopper 1 and pack it in the press box 2 in the path of the follower 5. When the follower is moved forwardly, the packing arm is lifted out of the path thereof and out of the hopper 4 so that an additional amount of material to be baled can be placed in the hopper.

A frame 9 is erected on the base 1 beyond one end of the press box 2 and journaled in this frame is a drive element made up of spaced disks 10 and 11' connected by an eccentric shaft section 12, these disks having shaft sections 13 and. 14 extending outwardly from them and j ournaled in the frame 9. The shaft section 12 constitutes a crank which is connected by a pitman 15 to the rear or outer end of the follower 5. The disks 10 and 11 both constitute balancing means and the disk 11 likewise has a segmental gear 16 formed upon its periphery. A pulley 17 is secured to the shaft section 14 and is adapted to be driven by a belt or other means receiving motion from a motor, not shown and a gear 18 may be secured to or formed upon one face of this pulley 17 for the purpose hereinafter pointed out.

Supported beyond the discharge end of the fixed press box 2 is a movable press box 19 mounted to swing horizontally between the base 1 and a frame member 20 which extends forwardly from the hopper d. This movable press box 19 has trunnions 21 extending upwardly and downwardly therefrom, the said trunnions being located nearer one end of the press box than the other so that, when the press box 19 is in its normal position, one end thereof will lie close to the discharge end of the press box 2, as shown particularly in Fig. 2. This movable press box 19 has any suitable means such as tension screws 22 for contracting the discharge end thereof, thus to prevent the material being compressed from pushing through the press box. Loosely'mounted on the trunnion 21 is a gear 241 and this gear is normally engaged by a spring pressed pawl 25 which is carried by the bottom of the press box 19 and serves, when the gear is rotated in one direction, to transmit motion to the Meshing with the gear 24 is a rack 25 formed upon the rear portion of the slidable bar 26 extending under the press boxes 2 and 19 and provided, at points adjacent the segmental gear 16, with a rack 26 nor mally close to but out of engagement with said gear 16.

A controlling lever 27 is pivotally mounted upon one side of the press box 2 and is pivotally connected to an angular arm 28 which extends transversely under said press box 2 and extends across a lug 29 upstanding from the slide 26 so that, when lever 27 is swung in one direction, the arm 28 will push against lug 29 and thus shift the slide 26 longitudinally to bring the end tooth of therack 26 into engagement with the segmental gear 16. A spring latch 30 1s connected to one side of the press box 2 and serves to limit the swinglng movement of the press box 19. In other words, when the press box 19 1s swung into alinement with the press box 2, one end thereof comes against the spring latch 30, as shown par- The said latch 1s connected by a spring 31to one arm of lever ticularly in Fig. 2.

27 and this spring serves to hold said lever normally in a predetermined position. When the lever is swung out of its normal position, it will thrust, through arm 28,

'against the lug 29 and shift the slide 26 hereinbefore described. At the same time, it will pull through lever 27 upon the latch 30 and shift the latch out of engagement with the press box 19 so that said box will be free to swing out of alinement with the length of one side and across both ends and the top and bottom portions of this press box 19 are held together solely by a diagonally disposed frame member 33 disposed in a plane radiating from the axis of the gear 24. This frame member has spaced bearings 34 upon the intermediate portion thereof on which are journaled the upper and lower portions of a drum 35. The base of the drum is formed of a gear 36 while the periphery of the drum is cut away close to and above the gear to form a tie receiving space 37 Secured to the gear 36 and within the side portions of the opening 37 are resilient tie engaging fingers 38, each including an upstanding bowed portion 39.

Extending from one side of the press box 2 and rearwardly and laterally beyond the press box 19 is an arcuate arm 40 having a rack concentric with gear 24 and extending through approximately 90 degrees, this rack extending from a point close to the rear or discharge end of the stationary press box 2 and being adapted to mesh with the gear 36. Mounted on arm 40 is a spool 41 adapted to hold the wire forming the tie and on this arm and between the spool and the press box 2 is a guide linger 42 which is inclined upwardly from arm 40 and toward the press box 2, so as to deflect'the tie upwardly when moved across the said finger When the press box 19 is in active posi-' tion as shown in Fig. 2, the gear 36is positioned as illustrated, drum 35 having its open portion 37 extended toward the press box 2.

Arranged upon one side of the press box 2 and adjacent arm 40 is a frame 43 in which is journaled a transverse shaft 44 having spaced oppositely extending cranks To each of these cranks is pivotally connected a draw rod 46 slidable in one end of the frame and provided at its free terminal with a depending finger 47. One of these lingers is adapted to work over the end of the deflecting finger 42, while the other is adapted to work close to the side of the press box 2. Each of the rods 46, by being connected to a crank 45, will work upwardly and downwardly at its outer or tates with gear 50 and is adapted to thrust against a sleeve 54 which is loosely mounted on shaft'52 and has a conical spreading head 55. That end of shaft 52 extending through one end of the frame 43 and nearest the arm 40 merges into a curved longitudinally channeled jaw 56 and fulcrumed within this channeled jaw is a pivoted jaw 57 from which extends an arm 58 having a, shoe 59 adapted to be engaged by the spreading head 55. A spring 60 is arranged on shaft 52 and bears against the head 55 so as to hold the sleeve 54 pressed against the periphery of cam 53. The jaws 56 and 57 are interposed between the rods 46, as shown clearly in Figs. 2, 3 and 5. That end of shaft 52 remote from j aw 56 is formed with a clutch member 60 and alining with shaft 52 isa shaft 61 on which is feathered a clutch member 62 provided with anannular flange 63. A spring 64 bears atone end against frame 43 and at its other end against the flange 63 and serves to hold the two clutch members 62 and normally disengaged. Pivotally mounted on shaft 61 is a plate adapted to rest upon the slide 26 and the rack 26, according to the position of the mechanism. Under normal conditions this plate 65 rests on the rack 26 and the rack is out of engagement with the segmental gear 16. A gear 66 is secured to shaft 61 and meshes at all times with the gear 18 hereinbefore referred to.

Assuming that the parts are in their normal positions as described, the rotation of the disks 10 and 11 under the action of a belt or the like engaging the wheel 17, will result in the reciprocation of the follower 5 and the packing of material into the press box 2, this material being ejected by the follower into the movable press box 19. As the shafts 61 and 52 are normally uncoupled the rotation of gear 66 and shaft 61 will not have any effect upon the twisting and tying mechanism. As soon as a sufiicient amount of material has been compressed within the box 19 to form a bale, the operator pulls on lever 27. As a result of this operation the spring 31 pulls the spring latch out of engagement with box 19 and thrusts, through arm 28, against lug 29, so as thus to shift the rack 26 from under the plate 65 and into the path of the teeth of segmental gear 16. Consequently rack 26' is promptly engaged by the rotating gear 16 and drawn longitudinally with the result that gear 24 is rotated and pulls, through pawl 25, upon the press box 19. This will cause the said press box to swing about the trunnions 21 as centers and to make one complete rotation, the box upon completing its rotation, snapping past the latch 32 and coming against latch 30 so that it becomes relocked in its initial position. It might be stated that before lever 27 is first shifted, the operator places one nd of a tie T between the upper face of gear 36 and the lower portion of that finger 38 nearest the box 19, as shown in Fig. 1. Consequently during the rotation of the box 19, the tie is unwound from the reel 41 and is wrapped about the material compressed within the box 19. During the completion of the rotation of box 19, gear 36 comes into mesh with the rack onarm 40 and is rotated thereby, thus bringing the gear and drum 35 to the position indicated in Fig. 6 upon the completion of the rotation of the gear. At the same time that portion of the tie extending from the bale and to the reel 41 becomes engaged in the upstanding bowed portions 39 of fingers 38, it being deflected upwardly to said bowed portions by the inclined finger 42. During the completion of the rotation of the press box 19 the segmental gear 16 passes out of mesh with the rack 26 and said rack is released so as to return immediately under the action of a spring 67 along shaft 61 so as to thrust against the clutch member 62 and shift it against the action of spring 64 into engagement with clutch member 60. Thus just as the press box 19 becomes locked in the position shown in Fig. 1, the shaft 52 is rotated by shaft 61 and the jaws 56 and 57 begin to rotate. At the same time the rods 46 begin to reciprocate and oscillate, that rod nearest the press box 2 moving outwardly into engagement with the tie and pulling it away from the fingers 28 and toward the frame 43 so that it will, be properly engaged between the jaws 56 and 57. As these jaws rotate the cam 53 thrusts against sleeve 54 and forces head 55 against shoe 59 so as to cause jaw 57 to bind the ends of the tie against the jaw 56 where they will be held during the rapid rotation of the jaws, this rotation resulting in twisting the two parts of the tie together. Dur

ing this twisting operation the other rod 46 moves forwardly into engagement with the tie and pulls it toward frame 43 and against a blade 68 which severs the tie. Coincident with this operation the new bale is being formed in the machine, the material newly compressed serving to force the completed bale out of the press box 19.

By simply lifting the plate 65 out of engagement with the rack 26, spring 64 will automatically uncouple shaft 52 from rotating shaft 61, and the parts will reset so that the foregoing operation can be repeated.

What is claimed is 1. A baling press including normally alining fixed and movable press boxes, compressing means, means for revolving the movablepress box to wrap a tie therearound, and means for automatically fastening together the ends of the tie upon the completion of such rotation.

2. A baling press including normally alining fixed and movable press boxes, compressing means, manually controlled means for revolving the movable press box relative to the fixed box, means movable with said press box for conveying a portion of a1 tie therewith to wrap the tie about the contents of the press box, and means for automatically twisting together the ends of the tie upon the completion of the rotation of the movable press box.

3. The combination with normally registering fixed and movable press boxes, and

'pressing means, of manually controlled means for automatically revolving the movable press box, a tie holder, means operated by the movement of the press box for withdrawing a tie from the holder and wrapping it about the contents of the box, and means for automatically twisting and severing the tie upon the completion of such rotation of the press box.

4. The combination with normally alining fixed and movable press boxes, compressing means, and means for locking the press boxes in alinement, of manually controlled means for successively unlocking the movable press box and revolving it, a tie holder, means operated by the revolution of the movable press box for unwinding the tie from its holder and wrapping it about the contents of the press box, and means for automatically engaging and twisting the tie upon the completion of such rotation.

5. The combination with a revoluble press box and means for compressing material therein, of a continuously operating drive element, manually controlled means for coupling the same to the press box thereby to impart a complete rotation to the press box, a tie holder, means for connecting the tie to the press box thereby to wrap the tie about the contents of the box during the revolution of the box, and means for automatically engaging and twisting together the ends of the tie upon the completion of the rotation of the box.

6. The combination with a press box mounted for rotation, means for compressing material therein, and a continuously operating drive element, of manually controlled means for connecting said drive element to the press box to rotate said box, a tie holder, means for engaging a tie to unwind it from the holder and wrap it about the contents of the box during the rotation of the box, means movable with the box for engaging the tie and positioning it to be engaged by a twister, relatively movable jaws mounted for rotation, means for automatically drawing the tie into engagement with the jaws upon the completion of the rotation of the box, means for automatically rotating the jaws when engaged by the tie to twist the tie, andmeans for automatically severing the twisted tie.

7. The combination with a revoluble press box and means for actuating the same to wrap a tie therearound, of cooperating aws, draw members adjacent thereto, cooperating fixed and movable means adapted, during the completion of the rotation of the box, t engage a tie and present it to the jaws, and means for automatically actuating the draw devices to successively draw the tie into the jaws and to sever the tie, and means for rotating the jaws to twist the tie.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 7 my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. BEST. Witnesses:

ETHEL FEES, Dr. E. G. SHARP.

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